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DELIMITED

/dɪˈlɪmɪtəd/9 letters

Definition of DELIMITED

adjective

With specified conditions.

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Word DNA

DELIMITED inherits its ancestry from its root, DELIMIT.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (26,276)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound

Same root, DELIMIT · 4 relatives in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DELIMITED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
141
First board
33
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.

First ever to find it

jbc

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DELIMITED
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DELIMITED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEEIILMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, E and I appear more than once.

Words that start DELIMI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DELIMITDELIMINGDELIMITSDELIMITERDELIMITATEDELIMITERSDELIMITINGDELIMITATEDDELIMITATESDELIMITATIONDELIMITATIONS

Could you have found DELIMITED?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 141 - and most players walked straight past it.

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